The 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship was the third edition of the ICC Women's Championship, a One Day International (ODI) cricket competition that was contested by ten teams, to determine qualification for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup. The top five teams, along with the hosts India, qualified directly for the World Cup. The bottom four teams of this tournament and the top two teams from the ICC ODI rankings progressed to the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. Each team played a total of eight three-match series, with four of them played at home, and four played away.
Australia were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship and the 2017–2020 ICC Women's Championship. England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies also competed in the first two editions of the Women's Championship.
In September 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that they were exploring the option to expand the Women's Championship from eight teams to ten teams, therefore including Bangladesh and Ireland in future editions of the competition. It was originally decided that the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier would be used to determine the new teams, but when the tournament was called off midway through due to the discovery of a new variant of COVID-19 in Southern Africa, Bangladesh and Ireland joined the ICC Women's Championship for this cycle, based on their ODI rankings.
In March 2022, Cricket Ireland was the first cricket board to confirm fixtures for the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship, when they announced Ireland's home series against South Africa for June 2022. Later in March 2022, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed three series, with two of those at home, against Sri Lanka and Ireland, and a tour to Australia. Pakistan's home series against Sri Lanka was the first series of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.
Teams The following teams were part of the Women's Championship:
Schedule The ICC announced the following home and away schedule for each team:
TeamPlayed at
Points table
Fixtures 2022
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Ireland v South Africa
Sri Lanka v India
England v India
2022–23
West Indies v New Zealand
Pakistan v Ireland
West Indies v England
New Zealand v Bangladesh
Australia v Pakistan
2023
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
West Indies v Ireland
Sri Lanka v New Zealand
England v Australia
Bangladesh v India
Ireland v Australia
Pakistan v South Africa
England v Sri Lanka
2023–24
South Africa v New Zealand
Australia v West Indies
Bangladesh v Pakistan
New Zealand v Pakistan
South Africa v Bangladesh
Australia v South Africa
Bangladesh v Australia
New Zealand v England
South Africa v Sri Lanka
2024
Pakistan v West Indies
England v Pakistan
Sri Lanka v West Indies
India v South Africa
Ireland v Sri Lanka
Ireland v England
2024–25
India v New Zealand
Bangladesh v Ireland
South Africa v England
Australia v India
New Zealand v Australia
India v West Indies
India v Ireland
West Indies v Bangladesh
Statistics Most runs PlayerTeamRuns Smriti Mandhana 24 24 1358 59.04 Laura Wolvaardt 24 24 1234 64.94 Chamari Athapaththu 23 23 1088 57.26 Sidra Ameen 24 24 967 48.35 Hayley Matthews 21 20 918 51.00 Last updated: 24 January 2025 | Source:ESPNCricinfo
Highest individual score Batsman Runs Balls 4s 6s Opposition Ground Match date Chamari Athapaththu 195* 139 26 5 Potchefstroom 12 June 2025 Laura Wolvaardt 184* 147 23 4 Potchefstroom 12 June 2025 Sidra Ameen 176* 151 20 1 Lahore 4 November 2022 Pratika Rawal 154 129 20 1 Rajkot 15 January 2025 Tammy Beaumont 150* 139 16 1 Belfast 9 September 2024 Last updated: 24 January 2025 | Source:ESPNCricinfo
Most wickets PlayerTeam Deepti Sharma 24 23 42 18.97 Ashleigh Gardner 22 21 40 13.92 Charlie Dean 18 17 33 19.93 Kate Cross 22 22 33 20.15 Nahida Akter 23 22 32 22.53 Last updated: 24 January 2025 | Source:ESPNCricinfo
Best bowling figures in an innings BBI Bowler Overs Mdns Econ Opposition Ground Match date 6/30 Kate Cross 9.5 0 3.05 Belfast 7 September 2024 6/31 Deepti Sharma 10.0 3 3.10 Vadodara 27 December 2024 5/8 Shabnim Ismail 8.5 4 0.90 Dublin 17 June 20225/19 Aimee Maguire 3.5 0 4.95 Belfast 11 September 2024 Megan Schutt 6.2 1 3.00 Brisbane 5 December 2024 Last updated: 24 January 2025 | Source:ESPNCricinfo
References
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